Creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship in China

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-194

  Phan, Phillip ^a   Zhou, Jing ^b   Abrahamson, Eric ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Creativity; Entrepreneurship; Guanxi; Innovation; Mega event

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954373678     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2010.00181.x     Document Type: Article

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